by the way I got funny error message when tried to suggest a synonym: I've been told that "3rd-party..." would make a "version specific" synonym. Guess UI just blindly looks for digits in the name and assumes that their presence indicates version
– gnatMay 24 '13 at 9:08

@gnat You should post that as a bug report.
– yannisMay 24 '13 at 16:11

@gnat As I haven't nor will unlikely ever moderate, I am not familiar with your tools, but can you create the synonym in the other direction? Starting with 'third-party...' Also, I am guessing you looked at the linked topic within that pointed to meta.stackexchange.com/questions/157869/…
– JustinCMay 30 '13 at 9:25

@gnat Short of having a moderator create the synonym as the linked article suggested, I am ok with that. Better that a relationship exists even if the characterization is non standard, than none at all. Can the change not be reverted [without significant consequence]?
– JustinCMay 30 '13 at 20:16